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Oxford-based Big Scary Monsters is one of those fine things: a proper independent label that has spent the past six years releasing many a varied record sure to delight most listeners. Gareth Dobson puts the tough questions to BSM founder Kevin Douch, and gets nothing but love back...»

It’s always strange, and rather unsettling, when an artist turns up in a blaze of glory, garners a degree of popular and / or critical success and then disappears back into the ether. Gareth Dobson wonders where all our favourite missing bands are, and what the hell they're doing...»

Garbage – like bum bags, nuclear weapons, Metallica with an orchestra and Dairylea – were one of those things that seemed rather exciting at the time. In hindsight, though, the appeal – or certainly the longevity of it – seems rather unfathomable...»

The whole concept is based on the notion of these wild Sunday mornings after the crashing Saturday nights out that, in reality, don’t seem to happen in anybody else’s world apart from Ali Love’s. It’s a boring conceit...»

n quite a flurry of activity this week, the Big Scary Monsters label is to celebrate its very own existence with a rather enticing show at Rota, London, plus most importantly, a succulent sporting drama in the first ever BSM 5 a Side tournament.»

Easy Tiger does reward with continued listens, but fails the final test of being neither a record you’ll cherish, nor a compulsive argument that this is the best Adams can offer. It might be the best he can offer at the moment, but that’s more reason to wish him swiftly onwards.»

It comes as no surprise to those who’ve kept abreast of news reports recently, but today, record outlet Fopp announced its closure. Is this a disaster that could have been averted? Or another casualty of declining record sales?»

As we continue our series of label features, DiS' Gareth Dobson speaks to 4AD's Ed Horrox, as he fills us in on his mindset and the world of one of the UK's most genuinely influential and special independent labels.»

Given that no-one ever believed that Weezer would actually be halting work forever, it comes as no great surprise that mainman and benign ruler Rivers Cuomo has revealed work on album no.6 is underway.»

Possibly we’re a couple of days late on this ‘breaking news’, but a perusal of the interweb tells us that Led Zeppelin are planning to reunite for a one-off show in tribute to the late and legendary Ahmet Ertegun, their former record label boss.»

Ever being the webaffair with our collective fingers on the button, DiS has just found out about this here YouTube video phenomonen. TV on the internet? Jesus Christ! Gareth Dobson explores the murky world of internet video and asks the questions that most people wouldn't dare ask so late in the day...»